CAMRA News and events – July 2026

John Young Memorial Award This year’s winner is the London Brewing Company.  They were nominated jointly…

It’s a wind-up

This is a tale of how a simple conversation in a pub can lead to a…

Usque ad mortem bibendum

By gatecrashing our brains, beer has shaped human history.  The alcohol in beer is ‘ethanol’, a…

Chiswick Bitter we hardly knew ye

Fuller’s brewery has the admirable record of winning CAMRA’s Supreme Champion Beer of Britain award for…

Paddington and Maida Vale tour

This is a twin-centre pub trail that includes some of the most outstanding pub architecture in…

Remembering John Young

On 17 September it will be twenty years since John Young, the chairman of Young &…

Idle Moments – August/September 2026

Well hello again.  Firstly, I must apologise for the absence of Idle Moments in the last…

Twelve pubs to visit now!

Now is the time for us to decide on the 2026 CAMRA Greater London Pub of…

Anyone for cricket?

CAMRA’s legendary Canterbury cricket tent will be in operation again this year for the Kent v…

Farewell to Helen

Twenty-seven years ago, Helen Wilson and Chris Cochran joined Fullers from Wetherspoons. They became the first…